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A0398
Dougherty, John (1791-1860).
Papers, 1823-1917. 2 boxes; 3 volumes
A native of Kentucky, John Dougherty came to St. Louis in 1809, from whence he joined a
Missouri Fur Company expedition to the Rocky Mountain region. He was also a member of
Stephen H. Long's expedition of 1819-1820. An army officer and Indian agent from 1820 to
1837, Dougherty was identified extensively with Indian affairs and with the Platte Purchase. In
1837, he moved to Liberty, Missouri. He was a Whig.
Collection consists mainly of the correspondence of Major John Dougherty in relation to
sutling at Fort Kearny, Nebraska, and government transportation of freight between Fort Kearny
and Fort Laramie, Wyoming, in the 1840s and 1850s. Also includes numerous bills of sale of
slaves; correspondence and reports regarding Indian affairs, including a report from
Leavenworth, March 9, 1832; land documents; and correspondence regarding land claims.
Correspondents include Dougherty's son Lewis B. Dougherty, Robert Campbell, Henry S.
Turner, A.G. Reed, Major C.F. Ruff, and Col. Thomas Swords. Collection also include two
diaries, 1869-1879, and a ledger, 1851-1852, of the medical practice of Dr. William Wallace
Dougherty, a Liberty, Missouri, physician and nephew of John Dougherty. The diaries include
material on the family.
Indexed in the archives card catalog.
Cite as: John Dougherty Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0399
Douglas, James Kimball.
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial collection, 1926-1977. 5 boxes
Clippings and correspondence concerning marking of historic buildings and sites in St.
Louis. Bulk of material concerns the development of the St. Louis river front and the Jefferson
National Expansion Memorial including correspondence, plans, brochures, publicity releases,
clippings, and minutes and organizational records of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
Association. Also includes material regarding the architectural competition in 1947, including
biographical sketches and photographs of competitors and designs.
Cite as: James Kimball Douglas, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Collection, Missouri
History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0400
Douglas, James M.
Ledger of drug accounts, 1871-1881. 1 volume
Cite as: James M. Douglas Ledger, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0401
Douglas, Walter Bond ( -1920).
Papers, 1819; 1850; 1877-1919; 1934-1939. 2 boxes
A genealogist and local historian, Walter B. Douglas was a judge of the St. Louis Circuit
Court, 1901-1906, and president of the Missouri Historical Society, 1893-1894.
Collection includes personal papers of Walter B. Douglas and his father and son, including a
notebook of prescriptions of his father, James M. Douglas, a druggist in Brunswick, Missouri
(1850); letters of Justice Louis D. Brandeis to Walter B. Douglas and to his son James Marsh
Douglas (1877-1890, 1916, 1937-1939); and one letter of Kate Chopin (July 10 [1903?]). The